Also, note that in Garageband, you should enable the audio track FIRST, and the software instrument track SECOND. In Garageband, you might have to right-click -> configure track header and check to display the record enable button. To do this, you press the red ‘arm’ button on the track. Then when you play the MIDI back, it will play the software instrument you have selectedĪrm (enable) both the MIDI and the Audio tracks for recording. Select a virtual instrument for the MIDI trackįor your MIDI track to sound, you will need to select a virtual instrument in your DAW.Create a Software Instrument track (for MIDI) and an Audio Track (for audio!) Need to start with something more basic? Then check out our step-by-step guide to make your first home studio recording. Once you have created one, you can right-click and add more tracks. In Garageband, if you create a new empty project you will be asked what type of track to create. It will be an audio track if you choose audio input. It will be a MIDI track if you choose MIDI input. In Reaper, you can simply double-click to create a new track, then choose the type of input. Assign a virtual instrument to your MIDI track. Check that you have routed the audio output of your interface to the audio track, and the MIDI input to your MIDI track. Create New Tracks in your Recording Software – one MIDI and one AudioĬreate a new MIDI track, and a newaudio track.

Check your Audio/MIDI setup in the Mac settings. In Garageband, the software will detect your default audio and MIDI connections. For example, in Reaper you navigate in the menu to Reaper -> Preferences. etc) and check all the settings to make sure you have correctly enabled your audio interface for audio recording, and your keyboard for MIDI input. Open up your DAW recording software (Reaper, Cubase, Garageband, Pro Tools, Ableton …. If at this point you are unsure about the difference between MIDI and Audio, then you can read all about What is MIDI here. Or if your audio interface has MIDI in and out (for example my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4 has MIDI i/o, then you can use standard MIDI leads to connect your keyboard via your interface. Only got MIDI ports? Then you can use a USB MIDI interface. Most keyboards have a USB MIDI output so you should be able to connect your piano or keyboard directly up to the PC or Mac. If you are not sure how, then this post on audio cable types might help. If you want to record the sound of your piano or keyboard then connect the audio output of your keyboard (either the line out, aux out or headphone out) to the line inputs of the interface. Make sure you have correctly connected up your audio interface, and have checked in the Audio/MIDI setup on your computer that it is correctly installed. Step-by-step guide: How to record audio and MIDI from your digital piano or keyboard at the same time

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